Improvement in billiard-cues



L. N EM ETZ.

Billiard-Cues.

. No. 136,535. Pate nted March 4, 1873.

AM. PHOTD-LITHOGRAPHIC ca 1v.x( 0:50am; pnaosss) UNITED STATES LEOPOLD NEMETZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BlLLlAR D-CUES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,535, dated March 4, 1873.

India rubber or other elastic substance be-' tween the movable end and the main part of the cue, whereby the effective force is considerably increased.

The accompanying drawing represents a section of a billiarclcue embodying my invention.

A represents part of a cue, on the end of which a tube, E, is screwed or otherwise fastened. Into this tube E a wooden plug, B, is inserted, fitting tightly the inside of said tube, which is made perfectly smooth and straight in the inside. The outer end of this plug B has a leather pad, (J, attached in the usual manner, and forms the point or end of the billiard-cue. This plug B is secured by means of the screw a, and can consequently be easily replaced in case the leather pad 0 should become unfit for use or should fall 011'. Between the inner end of this wooden plug B and the end of the one A an India-rubber pad, D, or any other elastic substance is placed, forming an elastic cushion for theplug B while striking the ball, and increasing thereby considerably its force. The hole a through the plug B, through which the screw a passes, is made oblong to allow the desired motion backward upon the India-rubber pad D. Whenever the India-rubber pad D is not used, the end of the plug B must bear hard against the end of the one A, and the hole a must be made to fit the bolt a.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to- 

